Last week, fire officials in Linn County extended the annual burn ban through Oct. 15.
With the fire season continuing into mid-October, regulated use of forestland will continue as well.
“The thing we don’t want people to do is to get so comfortable they’re burning,” said Jim Basting, a forest protection supervisor with the Oregon Department of Forestry Sweet Home Unit.
The Department of Forestry has responded to a rash of illegal burns recently, Basting…